Comments on: AbsoluteSky will install item-level RFID tracking at a Staples Store http://montrealtechwatch.com/2007/05/25/absolutesky-will-install-item-level-rfid-tracking-at-a-staples-store/ Technology and Innovation news in Montreal Fri, 11 May 2012 12:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Handyverträge http://montrealtechwatch.com/2007/05/25/absolutesky-will-install-item-level-rfid-tracking-at-a-staples-store/#comment-916176 Handyverträge Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:56:47 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/test/2007/05/25/absolutesky-will-install-item-level-rfid-tracking-at-a-staples-store/#comment-916176 This actually answered my downside, thanks! This actually answered my downside, thanks!

]]> By: Heri http://montrealtechwatch.com/2007/05/25/absolutesky-will-install-item-level-rfid-tracking-at-a-staples-store/#comment-166 Heri Sun, 27 May 2007 12:03:14 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/test/2007/05/25/absolutesky-will-install-item-level-rfid-tracking-at-a-staples-store/#comment-166 @anonymous<br/><br/>yes, i agree with you, that's what is (apparently) written in the press release. but:<br/>1 - security is mentionned twice, and actually it was the first reason they gave for installing it at Staples<br/>2 - even if the initial use is inventory tracking, this technology also has the potential to track customers. <br/><br/>what I meant in the post is that there should be a debate about this before we go to stores in Canada and see that they track whatever we are doing. @anonymous

yes, i agree with you, that’s what is (apparently) written in the press release. but:
1 – security is mentionned twice, and actually it was the first reason they gave for installing it at Staples
2 – even if the initial use is inventory tracking, this technology also has the potential to track customers.

what I meant in the post is that there should be a debate about this before we go to stores in Canada and see that they track whatever we are doing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://montrealtechwatch.com/2007/05/25/absolutesky-will-install-item-level-rfid-tracking-at-a-staples-store/#comment-164 Anonymous Sat, 26 May 2007 15:41:40 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/test/2007/05/25/absolutesky-will-install-item-level-rfid-tracking-at-a-staples-store/#comment-164 LOL,<br/><br/> I am pretty sure that you guys are worried over nothing. What Absolutesky (cool name btw) is probably doing is tagging the items for tracking inventory and not tracking customer behavior per say.<br/><br/> So no need to start a big brother debate here. The system probably helps the store identify how many printers, scanners, shredders, etc... they have in their store, and not identify who is buying what and what are they doing now. At least this is what I got from the meager press release.<br/><br/>Does anyone know where is the "chosen location" btw? I would really like to know that! LOL,

I am pretty sure that you guys are worried over nothing. What Absolutesky (cool name btw) is probably doing is tagging the items for tracking inventory and not tracking customer behavior per say.

So no need to start a big brother debate here. The system probably helps the store identify how many printers, scanners, shredders, etc… they have in their store, and not identify who is buying what and what are they doing now. At least this is what I got from the meager press release.

Does anyone know where is the “chosen location” btw? I would really like to know that!

]]> By: Daniel http://montrealtechwatch.com/2007/05/25/absolutesky-will-install-item-level-rfid-tracking-at-a-staples-store/#comment-160 Daniel Fri, 25 May 2007 13:27:23 +0000 http://montrealtechwatch.com/test/2007/05/25/absolutesky-will-install-item-level-rfid-tracking-at-a-staples-store/#comment-160 No doubt some companies will use it as an excuse to extend their Big Brother style management. It seems to me that paying and treating employees poorly is a sure-fire way to increase stock losses. The solution to that obviously isn't more technology.<br/><br/>What I find interesting is that we could apply e-commerce metrics to physical stores. What items do people pick up to compare? What's the shopping cart abandonment rate? Can people find the products they are looking for, or do they get lost in other sections?<br/><br/>There's probably 10X more money to be made that way than Orwellian implementations, although I don't trust the suits to figure that out anytime soon. No doubt some companies will use it as an excuse to extend their Big Brother style management. It seems to me that paying and treating employees poorly is a sure-fire way to increase stock losses. The solution to that obviously isn’t more technology.

What I find interesting is that we could apply e-commerce metrics to physical stores. What items do people pick up to compare? What’s the shopping cart abandonment rate? Can people find the products they are looking for, or do they get lost in other sections?

There’s probably 10X more money to be made that way than Orwellian implementations, although I don’t trust the suits to figure that out anytime soon.

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